Say What? 'Dial Directions' Acquired By Arabic Language Specialist Sakhr Software

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Today comes news that the company has been acquired by Sakhr Software, a development house specializing in Arabic natural language processing (NLP). Once it makes it to the cloud, this speech will be routed through Sakhr’s software, which is capable of translating English to Arabic and vice-versa. The companies have jointly produced a beta version of the application for the iPhone and BlackBerry, which you can see in the video below. The application is currently in testing with select enterprise customers, with plans to release a consumer version around the end of the summer. That said, it sounds like this will come with one significant drawback — if your phone can’t reach the network, the software won’t work.

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